Quick Definition
Chaldea
Biblical Persons & Places
Chaldea
Chaldea
A person from a location first mentioned at Gen.11.28;
referred to as Chaldea or Chaldean (כַּשְׂדִּים), or Chaldean (Aramiac כַּשְׂדָּ֑י), or Chaldean (NIV= "astrologers") or Chaldean (NIV= Babylonians) (כַּשְׂדַּי), or Chaldean (Χαλδαῖος).
Strong's Definition
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
Derivation: (occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה; towards the Kasdites into Chaldea), patronymically from H3777 (כֶּשֶׂד) (only in the plural);
KJV Usage: Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"
n pr loc
1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf
n pr m
2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"
1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf
2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כַּשְׂדִּימָה / כַּשְׂדִּי
kaśdý̂y / kaśdý̂ymâh
BDB Definition:
Chaldea or Chaldeans = clod-breakers
1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf (noun proper locative)
2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris (noun proper masculine)
3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension) (noun proper masculine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Total KJV Occurrences: 70